Test 1 Chapter 1-3

A  Federalism promotes political participation.

B  Federalism accommodates a diversity of opinion.

C  Federalism encourages economic equality across the country.

D  Federalism provides for multiple levels of government action.

A  powers given to Congress in Article I of the Constitution

B  twenty-seven amendments added to the Constitution over the years

C  document authored by Thomas Jefferson that details the rights of the citizens

D  first ten amendments to the Constitution that protect individual freedoms

A  all

B  two-thirds

C  three-fourths

D  one-half

A  It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation but not for purposes of representation.

B  It was agreed that Congress would abolish slavery in 1850.

C  It was agreed that a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of representation but not for purposes of taxation.

D  It was agreed that 60 percent of a state’s slave population would be counted for purposes of both representation and taxation.

A  Thomas Jefferson

B  King James II

C  John Locke

D  James Madison

A  politicians who have held office for a long time are favored by voters

B  wealthy, politically powerful people control government, and government has no interest in meeting the needs of ordinary people

C  special interest groups make government policy

D  poor people and people of color should not be allowed to vote

A  Cooperative federalism respects the traditional jurisdictional boundaries between states and federal government.

B  Federal assistance ensures some degree of uniformity of public services across states.

C  Federal cooperation helps mitigate the problem of collective action among states.

D  Federal assistance encourages state and local governments to generate positive externalities.

A  commerce clause and supremacy clause

B  taxing power and necessary and proper clause

C  necessary and proper clause and supremacy clause

D  Tenth Amendment and spending clause

A  all

B  two-thirds

C  The approval of the President and the Supreme Court

D  three-fourths

A  To oppose the admission of slaveholding states to the federal union

B  To encourage New York to ratify the Constitution

C  To encourage states to oppose the Constitution

D  To encourage people to vote for George Washington as the nations first president

A  direct democracy

B  oligarchy

C  totalitarian

D  monarchy

A  electoral college

B  executive branch

C  legislative branch

D  judicial branch

A  It could not impose taxes.

B  It could not conduct foreign affairs.

C  It could not declare war.

D  It could not coin money.

A  representation in the House of Representatives was based on the population of the state

B  3/5 of the slaves counted toward the state populations

C  equal representation in the Senate

D  a Congress made up of 2 houses

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  The judicial branch has more power.

B  The executive branch has more power.

C  The branches are separate but equal.

D  The legislative branch has more power.